St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-14
Signal Dangers Which Are Made
known Before Consumption APP.

AnOVVn fSeIOfc cons peLOn "A D.
pears.
When catarrh has existed in the head and
the upper part of the throat for any length of
time-the patient living in a district where
people are subject to catarrhal affection-and
the disease has been left uncured. the catarrh
invariably, sometimes Slowly, extends down
the windplpe and into the bronchial tubes,
which tubes convey the air into the different
parts of the lungs. The tubes become affected
from the swelling and the mucus arising from
catarrh, and in some instances become
plugged up So that the air cannot get in as
freely as it should. Shortness of breath fol-
lows and the patient breathes with labor and
difficulty.
In other cases there is sound of cracking
and wheeling inside the chest. AT this stage
of the disease the breathing is usually more
rapid than when in health. The patient also
has hot flushes over his body.
The pain which accompanies this condition
is of a dull character felt in the chest, behind
the breast bone or under the shoulder blade
The pain may come and go-last few days
and then be absent for several others. The
cough that occurs in the first stages of bron-
chial catarrh is dry, comes at intervals. Is
hacking in character and usually most trouble
some in the morning or on arising or going
to bed at night, and it may be the first evil
dence of the disease extending in the lungs.
AT first there may be nothing brought up
by the cough; then there is a little tough, tena-
ciouS mucuS, which the patient finds great
difficulty in bringing up.
Sometimes there are fits of coughing in
duced by the tough mucus-so violent as to
cause vomiting. Later on the mucuS that is
raised is found to contain small particles of
yellow matter, which indicates that the small
tubes in the lungs are now affected. With this
there are often StreakS of blood mixed with
the mucuS. In some cases the patient be-
comes very pale. has fever and expectorates
before any cough appears.
In some cases small masses of cheesy SUBJ
stance are spit up, which, when pressed be-
tween the fingers, emit bad odor. In other
cases particles of hard, chalky nature are
spit up. The raising of cheesy or chalky Jumps
indicates serious mischief at work in the
lungs.
In some cases catarrh will extend into the
lungs in few weeks; in other cases it may
be months, and even years, before the disease
attacks the lurgs sufficiently to cause serious
interference with the general health. When
the disease has developed to such point the
patient is said to have catarrhal consump-
ton. With bronchial catarrb there is more or
less fever, which differs with the different
parts of the day-slight in the morning, higher
in the afternoon and evening.
Sometimes during the day the patient has
a creeping. chilly sensation, which may last
for half an hour to an hour, the surface of
the body feeling dry and hot. During the
night near the morning, there may be sweats.
Such sweats are known as night sweats.
The pulse is usually more rapid than nor
NAL, and the patient loses flesh and strength.
A fresh cold is all that is needed at this point
to develop rapid consumption. In some in
stances the patient loses strength and flesh
slowly The muscles gradually waste away
Then the patient gradually regains some of
his strength, only to lose it again.
weak stomach is a dislike for food, which
seems to have lost it's taste, causes the pa
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instead of the lungs. With these diarrhna
usually occurs, and there is some disturbance
of the kidneys. In bronchial catarrh the
voice often becomes weak, husky and hoarse
There is a burning pain in the throat, with
difficulty in swallowing.